Box and handle therefor



Dec. 12, 1944. A. B NE 2,364,690

BOX AND HANDLE THEREFOR Filed Oct. 16, 1942 I 2 t 22 z mzzmfiza e.

By M Mv 1 H15 Hzfarmys Patented Dec. 12, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE BOX AND HANDLE THEREFOR Raymond A. Bruner, Muncie, Ind., assignorto General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich a corporation of DelawareApplication October 16, 1942, Serial No. 462,250

1 Claim.

This invention relates to containers with detachable handles andparticularly to containers for storage batteries. It is an object of theinvention to provide a container with handles so constructed that thehandles may be attache-d without the use of screws or any otherfastening means for ordinary handling.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparentfrom the follow- I Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views showing the mannerof attaching the handle.

The end wall I is provided with arectangular lug II extending from thetop surface thereof and with a recess I2 defined by a vertical surfaceI3 and by a surface I4 slightly inclined from the horizontal. Numeral I5designates in its entirety a handle formed of sheet metal and comprisinga flat plate I 6 having at its lower end a flange I'I adapted to bereceived by the recess I2 and having a flange I8 provided with arectangular opening I9 slightly larger than the rectangular lug II. Themetal for the flange I8 is provided by shearing and bending a portion ofthe plate I6 away from the plane thereof, thus leaving an opening 20through which a hand may extend so as to engage a grip portion ll ofC-shaped cross sectional contour as viewed in Figs. 3 and 4. The portion22 of handle 2| has been formed of material of the plate I6 by shearingand bending it, thus providing for a portion of the opening 20.

The handle is applied to the end wall III by placing the flange I8around the lug II as shown in Fig. 3. Then the plate It is forced towardthe end wall to cause the flange IT to enter the recess I! as shown inFig. 4. When the plate I 6 has been forced into the position shown inFig. 4, the flange I! will have been forced into bending engagement withthe surface I4 of recess I2, thus locking the handle l5 on the end wallIII with yielding pressure. The binding engagement of the handle I5 uponthe end wall I0 provided by the coaction of flanges I! and I8 issufiicient to prevent accidental movement of the handle from theposition shown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 3. The handle I5 can beremoved by prying the plate I6 away from the box ID. The other end wall(not shown) of the box is formed like wall ID to provide a lug II and arecess I2 for receiving a handle I5.

Ordinarily the battery is transported by manually grasping the twohandles I5. For such ordinary handling of the battery, the handles I5remain in engagement with the box as shown in Fig. 4. If the battery isto be hoisted by a single cable or chain and branch chains respectivelyconnected with the handles causing the application of forces to thehandles having substantial horizontal components tending to move thehandles into the position shown in Fig. 3, additional resistance to suchmovement may be provided by forcing flange I8 into the position I8A(Fig. 4) against the top of end wall Ill. If the said horizontal forcecomponents are unusually large, it may be necessary to fasten the plateI6 to the wall II] by a screw which will pass througha plain hole 25 andbe received by a tapped hole in the wall III.

While the embodiment of the present inven.

tion as herein disclosed constitutes a preferred form, it is to beunderstood that other forms might be adopted, all coming within thescope of the claim which follows.

What is claimed is as follows:

In combination with a molded box having a shoulder extending in a planeparallel to the top of the box and including a lug on the top of the boxand on the same side thereof as said shoulder; a readily attachable anddetachable handle having an apertured flange adapted to fit over saidlug and a second flange for engaging the shoulder, said two flangesbeing angled so as to diverge with respect to one another so that thefirst flange can be positioned over said lug before the secondv flangeengages the shoulder, said first flange holding the second flange fromslipping off the shoulder when in engagement therewith when the box isbeing lifted by a vertical pull on saidhandle.

RAYMOND A. BRUNER. I

